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Broun does well in poll of GOP Senate field

Rep. Paul Broun holds a slim lead among Republicans vying for the U.S. Senate seat from which Georgia’s senior senator, Saxby Chambliss, will be retiring next year, according to a Harper Polling survey published Friday on the Conservative Intelligence Briefing website.

Broun, who represents northeast Georgia, including part of Athens-Clarke County, in the U.S. House of Representatives, polled at 19 percent in the Harper Polling survey. He was followed closely by U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey, Tom Price and Jack Kingston, all Georgia congressmen, at 18 percent, 17 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

Thirty percent of survey respondents indicated they weren’t sure who they would support in the 2014 Senate race.

Among “very conservative” voters, “Price leads at 25 percent followed by Broun at 23 percent,” the Conservative Intelligence Briefing notes. Among “somewhat conservative” voters, Price leads the pack at 23 percent, with Kingston finishing second at 19 percent, according to the survey.